EDH Optimizer
Farmer Cotton
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant · XGW
Color identity: Green · White · Selesnya
Farmer Cotton is Selesnya (green and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When this creature enters, create X 1/1 white Halfling creature tokens and X Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Reference price of the card: €2.29
Comes in the precon Food and Fellowship
Average lands in decks for Farmer Cotton: 36
TokensLifegainFoodAd NauseamRampHalflingsX SpellsArtifacts
Build your Farmer Cotton deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C (52/100)
- Consistency51
- Speed49
- Interaction23
- Resilience79
- Closing61
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (24 nonbasic, 4 Plains, 8 Forest)
Sol Ring · Peregrin Took · Swords to Plowshares · Academy Manufactor · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Samwise Gamgee · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Banquet Guests · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Arcane Signet · Cultivate · Path to Exile · The Battle of Bywater · Skullclamp · Gilded Goose · Second Harvest · Feasting Hobbit · Sam, Loyal Attendant · Inspiring Statuary · Rampant Growth · Delighted Halfling · Parallel Lives · The Gaffer · Ashnod's Altar · Beast Within · Nature's Lore · Elanor Gardner · Anointed Procession · Heroic Intervention · Tireless Provisioner · Birds of Paradise · Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit · Prosperous Innkeeper · Doubling Season · Kodama's Reach · Farseek · Avacyn's Pilgrim · Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Mondrak, Glory Dominus · Revive the Shire · Three Visits · Enduring Vitality · Generous Gift · Temur Sabertooth · Panharmonicon · Cryptolith Rite · Llanowar Elves · Shamanic Revelation · Treebeard, Gracious Host · Bag End Banquet · Krark-Clan Ironworks · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Apothecary White · Craterhoof Behemoth · Eastfarthing Farmer · March of the Multitudes · The Cabbage Merchant · Elven Chorus · Essence Warden · Mentor of the Meek · Elvish Mystic · Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun · Meriadoc Brandybuck · Command Tower · Sunpetal Grove · Canopy Vista · Temple Garden · The Shire · Overgrown Farmland · Brushland · Bountiful Promenade · Fortified Village · Windswept Heath · Exotic Orchard · Minas Tirith · Reliquary Tower · Scattered Groves · Selesnya Sanctuary · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Gavony Township · Hushwood Verge · Sungrass Prairie · Lush Portico · Three Tree City · Boseiju, Who Endures · Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway · Sanctum of Eternity
🃏 Recommended cards for Farmer Cotton
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Farmer Cotton, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Peregrin Took | 72% | +68% |
| Academy Manufactor | 68% | +66% |
| Samwise Gamgee | 64% | +62% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 63% | +61% |
| Banquet Guests | 62% | +60% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 64% | +59% |
| The Battle of Bywater | 56% | +54% |
| Rosie Cotton of South Lane | 60% | +53% |
| Feasting Hobbit | 47% | +46% |
| Gilded Goose | 50% | +46% |
| The Shire | 49% | +45% |
| Skullclamp | 53% | +44% |
| Inspiring Statuary | 45% | +44% |
| Sam, Loyal Attendant | 46% | +43% |
| Second Harvest | 48% | +39% |
| The Gaffer | 42% | +39% |
| Ashnod's Altar | 40% | +38% |
| Elanor Gardner | 39% | +38% |
| Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit | 37% | +35% |
| Delighted Halfling | 42% | +33% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 38% | +33% |
| Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator | 33% | +32% |
| Prosperous Innkeeper | 37% | +32% |
| Parallel Lives | 42% | +32% |
💰 The best cards for your Farmer Cotton deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Peregrin Took
- Samwise Gamgee
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Banquet Guests
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane
- Feasting Hobbit
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- The Battle of Bywater
- Skullclamp
- Second Harvest
- The Gaffer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Ashnod's Altar
- Delighted Halfling
- Parallel Lives
- Anointed Procession
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Farmer Cotton
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Staff of Domination + Circle of Dreams Druid → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite green mana
- Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Frequently asked questions
What is Farmer Cotton's color identity?
Farmer Cotton is Selesnya (green and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Farmer Cotton come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Farmer Cotton deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 13 % of the time and floods 22 %. Deck health: C (52/100).
How many lands should a Farmer Cotton deck run?
Real Farmer Cotton decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Farmer Cotton?
The three highest-synergy cards are Peregrin Took, Academy Manufactor, Samwise Gamgee. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Farmer Cotton decks.
What combos does Farmer Cotton have?
Farmer Cotton has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Farmer Cotton deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Samwise Gamgee, Night of the Sweets' Revenge are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.